DNR and Partners Announce Increased Efforts to Address CWD in Wisconsin

Officials from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Wisconsin Natural Resources Board announced yesterday new cooperative efforts on steps to control and deal with chronic wasting disease among white-tailed deer in Wisconsin. The WCC’s CWD subcommittee recommends distribution of CWD materials to hunters and the public, and updates to the DNR website to make it easier to find information about the disease. The WCC is also asking the department to continue to make it easier for hunters to have deer tested as well as to dispose of deer carcass remains.  Assistant Deputy DNR Secretary Todd Ambs said in a release, “We look forward to working in collaboration and partnership to slow the spread of CWD.”